Features
Explore the world of Baroque & Early Music through artist interviews, curated playlists, new album features, videos and much more.
Highlights
The infinite variety of Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Few works in Western music have proved as infinitely adaptable, resilient, and continually renewed as George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ oratorio.
Hearing ‘The Four Seasons’ anew
Continuo’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy catches up with broadcaster and musicologist, Dr Hannah French, about her book on Vivaldi and ‘The Four Seasons’.
Articles
Senses, scores and square pianos
Ahead of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on 16 December this year, Simon Mundy caught up with performers on their respective Austen-inspired projects.
Falstaff, friends and home-made focaccia
Continuo’s Writer-in-Residence Simon Mundy meets Nicola Barbagli of the Istante Collective to talk about Salieri, Lebrun, and ten years of Baroquestock.
Spotlight
In conversation: Joseph Lowe
Continuo catches up with violinist and violist Joseph Lowe to talk about his journey into Early Music and his recent video recording with the Lowe Ensemble.
In conversation: Yu-Wei Hu
Continuo meets flautist Yu-Wei Hu, a member of Oxford Bach Soloists, and a founding member of Flauguissimo
In Conversation: Emanuele Addis
Continuo meets guitarist and lute player, Emanuele Addis to discuss his musical background and projects with his ensemble, Londinium Consort.
Watch & Listen
Playlist: Jane Austen at 250
Our latest playlist celebrates the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with music used in TV adaptations and music she would have played herself.
Cupid’s Ground Bass | Bellot Ensemble
Bellot Ensemble’s debut album, ‘Cupid’s Ground Bass’, captures love’s extremes in the vivid sound-world of 17th-century Italy.
Playlist: The Seasons
Journey through musical depictions of the four seasons, from Vivaldi’s best-loved concertos to other seasonal works by Purcell, Guido, Simpson, Haydn and more.
Ground – Music as sanctuary
Holly Harman introduces her debut solo album, Ground, which pairs music by Biber and Uccellini with new commissions and folk music.
Soler’s Fandango: a new arrangement by the Lowe Ensemble
The Lowe Ensemble performs Antonio Soler's Fandango in an arrangement for strings, harpsichord, baroque guitar, and percussion.
Harpsichord Masterclass Series with Nathaniel Mander
Take your early keyboard playing to the next level with this 16-part online masterclass series led by international harpsichordist, Nathaniel Mander.